Mystery novels

[Anonymous No.15454141]

Looking for recommendations for good mystery novels. Ones that keep you interested to the end to find out the explanation. Something mind-blowing would be nice too.

Doesn't have to be the typical mainstream detective thriller - although I'm not averse to that genre either.

[Anonymous No.15454174]

[Anonymous No.15454209]

There isn't anything mindblowing in the mistery genre but pynchon comes close(lt 49).
If you read a few then you've already read them all.
>the city and the city
>Kasha
>new york trilogy
Pic is dated but the narration is comfy

[Anonymous No.15454215]

>>15454141
Here you go.

[Anonymous No.15454315]

>>15454141
Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum

[Anonymous No.15454336]

>>15454315
I've read The Name of the Rose. Really liked it, how does Foucault's Pendulum compare?

[Anonymous No.15455772]

The only genre where for some reason the female writers are the better ones.

If you want Golden Age stuff read Christianna Brandt and Helen McCloy

[Anonymous No.15455810]

>>15454141
Its genre fiction, but honestly, the Pendergast series by Preston and Child is a lot of fun. A good mix of originality and genre staples/shameless homage to their predecessors. It is not Eco, not nearly as highbrow, but almost nothing else is within the mystery genre.

[Anonymous No.15455819]

>>15454215
is this as old as it looks? cause mysteries get dated fast.

[Anonymous No.15456190]

>>15455819
Huh? It was written in the eighties. But it ain't your typical mystery, let me tell you that. It's postmodern, it's metafiction. It's unpredictable and unique. You'll probably either love it or you hate it. Just read it, find out.

[Anonymous No.15456192]

>>15454141
Gone Girl was something of a mystery for the first half although it doesn't pick up until after the main reveal.

[Anonymous No.15456273]

>>15454141
not read much pure mystery, but Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep is probably my favourite

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